Part 2 Of Phase 1 Of The PDC Premier League Of Darts Begins Next Week
by Ian John
on April 15th, 2021
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The Premier League of Darts began a week last Monday with the first five nights of action taking place throughout the week. Next week, the second part of Phase 1 will begin on Monday night, with the action building to a crescendo on Thursday night when we hit Judgement Night, when two of the ten players competing will be eliminated from the tournament.
This year, there was drama even before the event began as on the eve of the tournament, UK Open Champion James Wade was drafted in to replace the ill Gerwyn Price, the current World Champion with Wade barely given 24-hours notice that he would be competing in the event.
The opening five nights of action proved to be an incredibly close set of games as you will see from the review of the action below. That sets up an intriguing final four nights of action which take place next week from Monday evening through to Judgement Night on Thursday.
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Let’s begin our look ahead to next week’s key games in the Premier League of Darts by giving you a full recap of how the matches went on the first five night of action, complete with the current league table ahead of next weeks games. We will then look at the matches remaining in the tournament before giving you our picks for who will be eliminated and who will eventually be crowned Premier League Darts Champion.
Premier League Darts Results
Night One
Nathan Aspinall 7-3 Glen Durrant
Rob Cross 6-6 Jose De Souza
Peter Wright 6-6 Jonny Clayton
James Wade 6-6 Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen 6-6 Dmitri Van den Bergh
Night Two
Gary Anderson 7-5 Jose de Sousa
Jonny Clayton 7-3 Glen Durrant
Dmitri Van den Bergh 7-5 Nathan Aspinall
Michael Van Gerwen 7-2 Peter Wright
Rob Cross 7-3 James Wade
Night Three
Rob Cross 3-7 Michael van Gerwen
Glen Durrant 0-7 Dmitri Van Den Bergh
Peter Wright 7-4 Gary Anderson
Nathan Aspinall 7-4 James Wade
Jose de Sousa 3-7 Jonny Clayton
Night Four
Dmitri Van den Bergh 6-6 Peter Wright
Jonny Clayton 3-7 Rob Cross
Jose de Sousa 6-6 Nathan Aspinall
James Wade 7-3 Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson 7-2 Glen Durrant
Night Five
Gary Anderson 4-7 Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright 7-5 Rob Cross
Michael van Gerwen 6-6 Nathan Aspinall
James Wade 7-3 Glen Durrant
Dmitri Van den Bergh 3-7 Jose de Sousa
Notable Achievements And Under-Achievements Across The First Five Nights
It was a torrid start for defending champion Glen Durrant in the Premier League as the Middlesbrough darts star lost all five of his first round games to sit well adrift at the bottom of the table. Durrant now looks very likely to be eliminated on Judgement Night, but who will join him out of the competition is far more difficult to ascertain.
Just three points separates the player at the top of the table, from the player in ninth spot and that means that next week’s games are going to be hugely important and decisive.
We also saw two nine-dart finishes on the opening round of games. Jonny Clayton achieved it on Night three in his victory over Jose de Sousa and then on the following night de Sousa also landed the 9-dart finish in his 6-6 draw with Nathan Aspinall.
A very close set of fixtures across the first five nights has produced this nip and tuck table.
Premier League Table – Night 5 (end of part 1 of phase 1)
Jonny Clayton – 7pts (+7)
Dmitri Van Den Bergh – 6 Pts (+5)
Nathan Aspinall – 6 Pts (+5)
Michael van Gerwen – 6 Pts (+5)
Peter Wright – 6 Pts (0)
Rob Cross – 5 Pts (+2)
James Wade – 5 Pts (+1)
Gary Anderson – 5 Pts (+1)
Jose De Sousa – 4 Pts (-2)
Glen Durrant – 0 Pts (-24)
As you can see, the closeness of all the matches on the first night of action seems to have translated across the whole tournament with very little to pick between any of the top nine players in the event. With Durrant now well adrift at the bottom of the table, it looks like being a race between the other nine players to avoid that ninth spot and elimination on Judgement Night.
Looking at the fixtures that remain, it is going to be an incredibly exciting week of action with literally any of the top nine players able to top the table after Judgement Night, or be eliminated if they cannot find their best form.
Premier League Phase 1 Remaining Fixtures
Night 6 – 19th April
Nathan Aspinall v Peter Wright
Jonny Clayton v Dmitri Van den Bergh
Rob Cross v Gary Anderson
Jose de Sousa v James Wade
Glen Durrant v Michael van Gerwen
Night 7 – 20th April
Glen Durrant v Jose de Sousa
Rob Cross v Dmitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Aspinall v Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright v James Wade
Michael van Gerwen v Gary Anderson
Night 8 – 21st April
Rob Cross v Nathan Aspinall
Gary Anderson v Dmitri Van den Bergh
Michael van Gerwen v Jose de Sousa
James Wade v Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright v Glen Durrant
Night 9 – Judgement Night – 22nd April
Jonny Clayton v Michael van Gerwen
Glen Durrant v Rob Cross
Jose de Sousa v Peter Wright
Nathan Aspinall v Gary Anderson
Dmitri Van den Bergh v James Wade
Given the closeness of the competitors in the Premier League of Darts this year, picking out the key matches is impossible as every game could well be a key game. A win for one player can catapult them far up the table, while a loss can see them tumble right down, depending on other results.
As such, I don’t expect things to become any clearer until we reach Wednesday and Thursday nights games, by which point I do think the table should become more defined and we should have a better idea then of which games will affect the top of the table and which ones will see players battling to avoid elimination.
In terms of elimination, for me it looks like Durrant plus one other and who that is, is a complete mystery. Obviously, it will be the player that struggles the most in this second set of games and I think that Rob Cross is probably the most likely to do that after his relatively poor run of form over the last 18 months or so.
As for the winner of the event, well I’d still back Michael van Gerwen to win it. He has the ability to kick into another gear that few other players can match and that does tend to happen in the latter stages of the tournament.
Tune in next week for what should ne four fantastic evenings of darts action to enjoy.
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